The SS United States will head down the East Coast to its destination in Mobile, Alabama. From there, organizers plan to eventually sink the ship off the coast of Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

Seventy-two years ago the fastest ship in the world at the time made its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.

The ship's architect, William Francis Gibbs, wanted a fireproof ship and insisted no wood be used in construction, according to the SS United States Conservancy website. The exception was the ship ...

The SS United States Conservancy will be updating its website with information on the ship's museum and location where the ship will be sunk to become an artificial reef. Click here: https://www ...

A glorious feat of engineering that was built under military secrecy, the SS United States passenger ship broke transatlantic speed records before the arrival of jet planes forced it into ...

The SS United States, a record-breaking 1950s ocean liner, may soon sail from Philadelphia to the Gulf. NPR explored this ship, a relic of the grand liners that once connected North America with ...

Astoria has reached the final scrapyard where she will end her days after more than 70 years of ocean liner service.

Divers are getting excited about the planned sinking of the SS United States. The once glorious luxury ocean liner is slated to become an artificial reef. Alabama Public Radio’s Cori Yonge reports.

The SS United States took its maiden voyage in July 1952 and remains the largest passenger ship ever built in the U.S., 100 feet bigger than the Titanic.Unlike the Titanic, the United States ...